Before rocketing to political-cultural fame, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a bartender. She routinely uses her past profession as part of her “I’m just like you” persona, an alcohol-delivering “Alex From The Bronx.” Ocasio-Cortez’s rapid career progression from Boston University graduate (with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and international relations) to bartender to Congresswoman is often a subject of derision on the right, with Ocasio-Cortez only using this to continue to fuel her claim of “working class victimhood.”
In addition, Ocasio-Cortez also has a habit of referencing her “bartending” history as a source of authority for her radical political positions. Most recently, she took to Twitter to make two arguments. The first was that Republicans who “like to make fun” of her couldn’t handle her former work roles, and the second was that she has had the experience of a “physically difficult working-class job without good healthcare,” and that she brings that “work ethic” to Congress and her community.
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